I have to admit I was a bit slow to join Facebook, but after much hemming and hawing, I signed up and have been mildly addicted to it ever since. The number of people who are not on Facebook shrinks daily as siblings pressure one another and mothers guilt children living halfway across the world, to get on.

I was reading an article in The New York Times the other day about how couples now use the social network to settle arguments. Posting in their statuses how one has wronged the other, ie: 'My husband Tom refuses to pick up his clothes, then gets annoyed when I nag him about it', after posting this, the wife, as well as the husband, can use their 'walls' as moderators, where friends, co-workers, family and anyone that wants to share their two cents post comments about the argument (is the wife right in nagging? or should the husband just be left alone?). Each party compares the wall comments they've received and an argument victor is proclaimed!

Within the article though, there was a real treasure, something called Lamebook, just the name sounded lovely, laaaaaaay-um. At first, I just thought it was another nickname for Facebook, kinda like how my roommate calls FB Stalkerbook, but no, just like Babybook (yes, it exists, a place where parents can funnel all the potty training status updates they wish to a separate page all about bebes), Lamebook exists in connection with Facebook. It is a place where all of the funniest (according to the organizers) status updates, photos, and more are shared, blurring out profile pics and peoples last names. They are devided up into different lame categories: state your status, personal problems, TMI (too much information), typohs! and others.

When I first stumbled upon it, like pitchfork and TED, and a host of other sites before, I instantly became hooked. I chuckled my way through the status updates and funny photos, but then, I stopped, removed my hands from the keyboard, pushed my seat back away from the computer, and thought, This is all well and fine, but what if one day, my statuses appear here?....sure, it is all fun and games until you become part of that game. Until that time comes, I say revel in the lameness.